Has it notהֲלֹאbeen toldהֻגַּדto my lordלַאדֹנִיwhatאֲשֶׁרI didעָשִׂיתִיwhen Jezebelבַּ אִיזֶבֶלwas killingהֲרֹגthe prophetsנְבִיאֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהhow I hidוָאַחְבִּאa hundredמֵאָהmenאִישׁof the prophetsמִנְּבִיאֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםby fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםmenאִישׁin each cave,בַּמְּעָרָהand fed themוָאֲכַלְכְּלֵםwith breadלֶחֶםand water?וָמָיִם
1 Kings 18:13
Study it in the app“Has it not been told to my lord what I did when Jezebel was killing the prophets of YHWH, how I hid a hundred men of the prophets of YHWH, fifty by fifty men in each cave, and fed them with bread and water?”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:13, word by word
- been toldהֻגַּדhugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hugad” appears- to my lordאדֹנִdoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “doni” appears- I didעָשִׂיתִיasiti
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appears- when Jezebelאִיזֶבֶלizevel
Jezebel
Jezebel: a name of uncertain meaning. She is the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and wife of King Ahab, who promoted the worship of Baal in Israel and persecuted the prophets of YHWH.
Where else “izevel” appears- was killingהֲרֹגharog
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harog” appears- the prophetsנְבִיאֵיnevie
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- how I hidאַחְבִּאachbi
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “achbi” appears- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- in each caveמְּעָרָהmeara
cave
Cave.
Where else “meara” appears- and fed themאֲכַלְכְּלֵachalkle
provide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “achalkle” appears- with breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- and waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears
The context
12And it will be, when I go from you, that the spirit of YHWH will carry you to where I do not know; and I will come to tell Ahab, and he will not find you, and he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have feared YHWH from my youth.
13 · This verse (above)
14And now you say, ‘Go, say to your lord, “Here is Elijah”’; and he will kill me.”